Aquarium-jardiniere.



No. 692,832. Patented Feb. Il, |902.

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(Application led may 13, 1901.) y (nu Model.) 2 Smets-sheet l.

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No. 692,832. y Patented Feb. Il, |902.

A (Application med my 1s, 1901.)l (No Model.) 2 Shams-Sheet 2.

HIVIl a UNITED STATES,

PATENT Omen.

SAMUEL E.` CREASEY, OF SANFORD, MAINE.

AQuARluMfJARDlNIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 692,832, dated February 11, 1902'. Application filed May 13, 1901. Serial Nol 59,907. (No model.)

To all whom it may oon/cern.: i

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. CREAsEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at-Sanford, county of York, Maine, have -invented an Improvementn A'quarium-Jardinires, of which the following description,in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specilication, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

Myinvention is an apparatus intended, primarily, for purposes ofdecoration or securing ornamental effects-as, for instance,in theaters, hotels, public buildingsin general, &c.- although not being limited in these respects, but being of general utility wherever' it is desired to have an extremely attractive and novel article of this nature.

In carryingout myinvention I combine in such a manner as to attract the attention and arouse the curiosity and interest of the observer a provision for moving objects, such as fishes and other inhabitants of water, together with plants or other vegetable growth apparently springing therefrom, the aquarium portion of the apparatus being preferably made of glass or other .suitable material for exhibiting the fishes, &c., and having at some point above the water-level suitable means for admitting air thereto and, if'desired, for admitting a change ofwater and having also a receptacle for holding and partially or entirely concealing a flower-pot or other holder of growing shrubs or ornamental plants.

The constructional details of my invention will be pointed out more fully in the following description, reference being had' to the accompanying dra\vings,in which I have illustrated one preferred embodiment of my invention, and the latter will be more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of one embodiment of my invention.` Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view, partly broken away, showing the general construction and arrangement of parts. Fig. 4 isa top plan View of Fig. 2.

As herein shown, my ornamental furniture or piece of apparatus comprises a base a, suit ably mounted on legs a', supporting a pedesing an ornamental cap-piece a3 and receiving portion a4, in which is mounted a glass globe a5, although it Will be understood that the constructional details and ornamental effects thereof may be Widely varied from `the par-y tal, shown as consisting of a column a2, hav- Y hang down -within the aquarium to a limited Y extent, and between the part ctfand the iiange a7 are openings al for the en trance of air and to give access to the interior of the aquarium without removing the cup-like receptacle or holder a9. The form ofthe holder is such that the openings aware concealed from View when the apparatus is complete, as shown in Fig. l, the partitions or intermediate portions C012, which suspend the cup, being for this purpose arranged, preferably, obliquely, thereby preventing their accidental closingby any object which is carried in the' cup and also insuringthkattheyareinconspicuons. Afiowerpot alt is shown as contained in the cup a9, (see Fig. 1,) said flowenpot containing earth in which may be planted any ornamental plant, as illustrated;

Itwill be understood that a suitable faucet or outlet for the aquarium will ordinarily be provided in the bottom thereof and, if desired, also an inlet for the water, so that when required a proper circulation may be kept up.

I do not lay claim to any special aquarium as such nor to the juxtaposition of an aquariuml and owers or vegetable growths, but rather to the special arrangement whereby a jardinire is provided, which, however, instead of having a porcelain bo'dyva5 painted or otherwise decorated has its ornamentation consisting of the elects produced by living moving fish or other creatures, or, in vother words, the body of the jardinire consists of an aquarium, and yet the entire article has' thegeneral effect and appearance of a regu- IOO lar jardinire. Besides this feature I intend t0 cover by my claims the special construction in which I have embodied myinvention.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Ajardinire havingabodyportiou adapted to hold water and contain living objects, a receptacle for containing growing objects, said receptacle depending within said body portion in concealed position and being impervious to the entrance of Water from said body portion, and permitting the display of plants and the like without contamination thereby of the body of Water.

2. A jardinire, consisting of an aquarium continuously open freely to the air at its top for supporting the life of living objects contained in the water therein and visible through the walls thereof, and provided with means extending within said aquarium adapted to hold growing objects out of contact with the water and permit them to extend out from the aquarium for purposes of display and ornamentation.

3. A jardinire, consisting of an aquarium through whose walls the living objects eontained in the water may be seen, said aquarium being continuously open freely to the air at its top for supporting the life of said living objects, combined with a removable cup like receptacle contained Within the aquarium for supporting plants and permitting them to stand out from the aquarium in display position.

4. A jardinire having its body portion coinposed of an aquarium adapted to hold Water and contain living objects, and having at its month a flanged holder, the Iiange being seated on the mouth of the aquarium part, said holder having a portion thereof extending downwardly Within the aquarium for receiving and concealinga flower-pot or other article from which ornamentalv growths extend above the aquarium, said holder having air-openings between the depending portions and the top edge of the aquarium for the ad: mission of air to the latter.

5. The combination with an aquarium having an open mouth, of a holder having alaterally-extending flange resting on said mouth and a cup suspended Within the aquarium, the supports between said cup and flange extending obliquely and having openings therein through which air is admitted to the interior of the aquarium.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiieation in the presence oi' two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL E. CREASEY.

Witnesses:

WALTER K. EMERY, ALBERT A. Lrr'rmmumnn. 

